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Entrepreneurship is a skill that can be taught, a new survey has suggested.
The NCFE, a national awarding body, recently questioned UK students and training providers on whether they thought enterprise could be taught - and 62 per cent said it could.
As reported by Startups.co.uk, David Grailey, chief executive at NCFE, said: "Enterprise is a hot topic in business, politics and education so it is important we develop the nations entrepreneurs via education.
"We are seeing a significant growth in the number of colleges, training providers and students taking these courses so it is important that they are delivered by staff and institutions who believe in them - and that students see them as beneficial."
These results seem to be in agreement with government policy on encouraging small company formation.
In the last budget Gordon Brown, at that time chancellor of the exchequer, announced that over the next three years an extra £180 million would be spent on enterprise education.
However, the NCFE poll somewhat contradicts a recent study by Barclays Local Business, which found that only around one in ten entrepreneurs believe a good education is essential to business start-up success.
Last month, John Davis, marketing director for Barclays Local Business, commented: "This survey really does suggest that entrepreneurialism is a quality born to people, rather than taught."
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